the big i #2

so, i'm working on this little guy. i'm going to redo the whole right side. i'm happy with how the left side looks and i think i'm going to simplify color and pattern on the right square. i think i'll make the right side bottom green stripes match the left side bottom. i think i'll make that green and black and white highway on the right only one or two fabrics, and brown or just green. i think i will change the dark highway into oranges similar to the left side. then i will change the blackground on the right to match the background on the left. obviously i was going for a peaceful side and a more complex side, but i got a little too carried away. i'm not totally sure what to do with the three stripes in the divide. in the picture they were part of one tower and i want them to look close to the viewer. things will line up more in the finished piece, my picture is a little messed up. the top lines of the ground will line up and the orange stripe in the background of the righ side will line up with the orange highway from the left. let me know if you have any ideas.

heres a new piece i have been brewing a few weeks...
the pic is a little fuzzy ,
my thinking was to make a large figure with an outfit that takes up a large space for abstraction-sake.
when that wasnt enough i added some op-elements

95 percent done
open to reflection

bird book

im working on a new project,
11 paintings for a book an e-friend wrote
birds are the characters in the book
heres the first good drawing
i might switch from gals to birds for the next few months
on my personal work too
a challenging thing to draw for sure

Tim Lane: New Work

Girl Power, 2009

acrylic, gouache, pencil, collage, dryer lint, tacks, ponytail holder, socks

on canvas

40"x30"




Happy Couple, 2009

acrylic, oil paintstick, gouache, crayon, collage, fabric, dryer lint, nail, socks

on plywood

24"x24"

two new interiors

Miami Room 18"x30" acrylic (with a wiiii little bit of oil on the shadows) on canvas
vestibule two (soccer ball) 26"x34" acrlic, embossing powder and oil on canvas


these paintings are most likely for the show in april. i'm pretty sure they're done. i've been making little teeny changes for the past month. what do you think of the embossing powder in the vestibule two? it's mostly on the stairwell...nate i took your advice about the back room and put an inside edge on the doorway for depth...

Miami Room is taken from a little tiny two inch tall photograph of an apartment for sale in Miami. i really liked how the light came through the curtain thing and made all kinds of crazy lines. it's probably my least weird painting. i was trying to be more mature or something. i don't know...i used a trashbag full of tape to do that painting. it's almost entirely done with a knife and tape...just a little bit of brush work with the furniture.

fancy flags

ok...i really need some help/advice with these. i went to michael's over break and got a bunch of beads and sequins and shit and also some embossing powder which i put in the acrylic and blast with heat. i put the beads in gel medium...i saw a raqib shaw show at the met (nate you gotta see it) and it blew me away and i wanna try to do some things he does...
but basically these are studies with the beads and embossing and acrylic paint.
do they suck? i can't completely tell. annie doesn't like them so much. should i use the beads as
just accent or do you like them all over? what about the embossing stuff? should i put stuff in the background or do you like the matte color? do these look too craftyish?
my plan is to make big 4 feet long cities (2 feet high) that are done in this style. with little teeny details and sequins and embossing stuff. kind of abstract/cartoony a bit...from my mind and not from pictures. it will cost a lot in beads and other materials and take a loooong time. (these flags
take about 8 hours each) so i might do one slightly bigger study before i invest myself in that.
i have some other paintings i'll post soon...waiting for a good picture day. these were scanned in and are 8x8 inches.
thanks for any critique

b